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Zero Parades Launches Amid Studio Founder Lawsuit Fallout

5/19/2026

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Zero Parades: For Dead Spies launches on May 21 for PC.
ZA/UM, the studio behind Disco Elysium, developed the game despite a 2022 IP dispute with dismissed founders.
Former creators Robert Kurvitz, Aleksander Rostov and Helen Hindpere say the company destroyed their lives.
On the Steam Deck the game runs at high settings with a 45 FPS lock while crowded scenes raise power use to 20 W, causing occasional frame dips.

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Zero Parades: For Dead Spies launches on May 21 for PC.
ZA/UM, the studio behind Disco Elysium, developed the game despite a 2022 IP dispute with dismissed founders.
Former creators Robert Kurvitz, Aleksander Rostov and Helen Hindpere say the company destroyed their lives.
On the Steam Deck the game runs at high settings with a 45 FPS lock while crowded scenes raise power use to 20 W, causing occasional frame dips.